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Retraction Note: LncRNA LBX2-AS1 promotes colorectal cancer progression and 5-fluorouracil resistance

The Original Article was published on 17 September 2021

Retraction Note: Cancer Cell Int (2021) 21:501 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12935-021-02209-y


The Editors-in-Chief have retracted this article because the cell lines used in this study (HCT116 and SW480) were found by the authors to be contaminated with HeLa cells. As a result, the Editors-in-Chief no longer have confidence in the data.

The authors Guan-Yu Yu and Yao Wang have not responded to any correspondence from the editor/publisher about this retraction. All other authors agree to this retraction.

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Ma, YN., Hong, YG., Yu, GY. et al. Retraction Note: LncRNA LBX2-AS1 promotes colorectal cancer progression and 5-fluorouracil resistance. Cancer Cell Int 23, 32 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12935-023-02881-2

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